Interviews

Weekly feature introducing you to film professionals from all over Europe sorted by name.

8174 interviews available in total starting from 14/05/2002. Last updated on 09/05/2025. 663 interviews inserted in the last 12 months.

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“You must express your ideas in a universal language if you want to be heard”
Andrey Yermak  • ProducerAt the recent Odesa International Film Festival, Cineuropa chatted to producer Andrey Yermak, who staged...  
27/07/2017
“Strong stories that have an international scope, told by talented filmmakers, are still needed”
Olena Yershova Yıldız • Head, Antalya Film ForumWe talked to Olena Yershova Yıldız, head of the Antalya Film Forum, to get an overview of the Turkish...  
02/10/2020 | Antalya 2020 | Antalya Film Forum
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Adilkhan Yerzhanov • DirectorCANNES 2018: Kazakh filmmaker Adilkhan Yerzhanov talked to us about his new film, The Gentle Indifference...  
24/05/2018 | Cannes 2018 | Un Certain Regard
“You have to love and accept yourself in the first place in order to be able to give love and respect to others in return”
CB Yi • Director of MoneyboysCANNES 2021: The Taiwanese-Austrian director presents a drama about male prostitution in the Un Certain...  
17/07/2021 | Cannes 2021 | Un Certain Regard
“I like the role I have as a cinematographer and I want to make films with others, not alone”
Jieun Yi  • CinematographerThe cinematographer, who studied at the Babelsberg‘s Konrad Wolf Film University, talks about working with...  
14/04/2021 | /Germany
"I very much want to rely on the visual language, rather than on dialogues"
Diao Yinan • Director of The Wild Goose LakeCANNES 2019: We met up with Chinese filmmaker Diao Yinan, who is participating for the first time in the...  
21/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Competition
Interview - Venice Days 2014
So Yong Kim  • DirectorVENICE 2014: The director of Korean heritage So Yong Kim has made the seventh short film in the Miu Miu...  
28/08/2014
"My intention was to create a sort of documentary-like style"
Phillip Youmans • Director of Burning CaneVENICE 2019: We spoke to US director Phillip Youmans, whose astonishing debut film, Burning Cane, had its...  
04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Giornate degli Autori
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Ben Young • DirectorVENICE 2016: Australian director Ben Young is in the Venice Days with his feature debut, psychological...  
01/09/2016
"The idea is to respond to what is going on"
Neil Young  • Programmer, EFF PalićCineuropa met up with the new EFF Palić programmer, British film critic Neil Young, to ask him about the...  
23/07/2018 | Palić 2018
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Simon Stone, Miranda Otto & Odessa Young  • Director, actressesVENICE 2015: The Daughter, the directorial debut by Australia's Simon Stone, selected as the closing film...  
06/09/2015
“A tropical, gothic drama about the historical colonization of the female body”
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén and Nima Yousefi • Director and producer of The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate HandsThe director of Clara Sola and her producer spoke to us about their new project, the winner of the...  
07/12/2021 | TorinoFilmLab 2021
“It’s not just about learning from your own mistakes; it’s about learning from other people’s!”
Nima Yousefi  • Producer, HobabJoining the ranks of the Producers on the Move, the Swedish company’s CEO helps his directors to clearly...  
12/05/2021 | Producers on the Move 2021
Interview - Venice Days 2011
Susan Youssef • DirectorSusan Youssef uses the 7th-century Arabic romance “Majnun Layla” as a vehicle to narrate a classic story...  
Venice Days 2010
Sere Yüce • DirectorInterview with Sere Yüce, director of Majority, which won the Luigi de Laurentis Award for Best Debut Film  
"I felt this is a story of a first love, so it couldn't be depressing"
Philipp Yuryev • Director of The Whaler BoyVENICE 2020: Russian director Philipp Yuryev talks to us about his feature debut, The Whaler Boy, in which...  
06/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Giornate degli Autori

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